etrailer | Rhino-Rack RS 2500 Vortex Aero Roof Rack Review

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Today, were going to be taking a look at the Rhino Rack RS 2500 Series Roof Rack System. These are the custom fit design made for a wide variety of application. They use the vortex arrow crossbar. These crossbars have a subtle slope to them. Its going to help to contour it to the vehicles roofline. Theyre made of an extruded aluminum.

Theyve got nice heavy-duty bracing inside that makes them very strong. The elliptical design is going to help to reduce any kind of wind or road noise, and also help maintain that fuel efficiency with that aerodynamic design. Very similar to a factory style roof rack except we dont have the overhang that extends past there.The bars themselves when theyre extruded, they use an H-shape or an H-style. Its hard to see, but you could see its not just a hollow bar. Theyve got some nice rigid material that runs in there.

Its really going to keep these bars sturdy for a long time. They have strips that cover our T-slots that are located right here in the top. These are nice and lightweight. It allows you to slide your T accessories right in, and then you can follow that up with your strip protector that will go on top. These are designed not only to allow you to keep just a small opening here to come up through, but this is also going to keep out the dirt, and debris, and stuff like that that may try to get in to that slide.The strip can be cut to accommodate any different length, and they are going to come with a couple extra.

The legs themselves are made from a UV-treated, glass-reinforced nylon. This is going to be durable and weather-resistant for years to come. The custom fit as you can see, we have two different length of bars. For the application that were doing today, the fit, the roof tapers in. Weve already got this precut from the factory.

Theyre going to come with exactly what we need. Weve got four pads. In this particular application, all four pads are the same. These are going to fit right under the bottom of the foot pack. That nice smooth rubberized surface is whats going to be on your cars finish to protect it from any kind of scratches.The clips are designed here to bolt right on the end of the foot pack. These fit around the underside of the roof line of your vehicle. As you can see here, weve got two different lengths. Again, this is a custom fit. Youre going to get exactly what you need in this package to put it on your vehicle. These are also rubber-coated on that underside. Were not going to have to worry about scratches or any kind of scuffs on our paints finish. Also, rubberized texture is going to help hold that on to the vehicle.After we have our kit on our car, weve got four locking covers. These are designed to go right on the end of the foot pack, turn them with a key. Ill show you later just how they go on, so you wont have any questions there. This is going to keep the roof rack on our vehicle. Its also going to keep Remember that small black cover that slides on to the end of the bar where our T-slot goes Once our locking cover comes up, it covers that. Its going to hold that on. This is going to help keep any of the accessories that we might have attached into that T-slot on the vehicle. Lastly, its going to come with four security-style hex head bolts and a really nice extended tool here to help get the proper force applied as were tighten that down onto our vehicle.Now that weve gone over some of the basic features of the rack and what its going to come with, let me show you how to install this on your car. Our Rhino Rack kit is going to come with a full set of instructions, so well know step by step how to install our bars on our vehicle. I got a list of warnings here, some things youll want to keep in mind such as dont go through the carwash, dont strap your kids to the roof, things of that nature. Then, were going to have our full warranty terms and conditions card. Now, Rhino Rack does offer a lifetime warranty with their product, so they really stand behind it and believe theyve got something going on here.Weve already preassembled three of the foot packs, but I wanted to show you how to assemble the fourth. In your instructions, its going to indicate your plastic part of your foot clamp whether the arrow should be pointing in or out. In our case today, it should be pointing out, so weve got our arrow pointing out. Well then have our pad that needs to go on. Its also going to have an arrow. Itll tell you in the instructions whether that needs to be forward or rear. In our application today, that needs to be forward.Now, the bars look the same from both sides. W